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Department Records

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Distinguishes collections in the Library that are part of the Department Records (DR) data set.

Found in 194 Collections and/or Records:

Latimeria (Coelacanth) at the American Museum of Natural History

 Collection
Identifier: DR 078
Summary

Thirteen folders of correspondence and reprints relating to the Coelacanth at the American Museum of Natural History, including discovery of five unborn pups.

Dates: 1962-1992
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Latimeria (Coelacanth) at the American Museum of Natural History

Lerner Marine Laboratory papers

 Collection
Identifier: DR 088-089
Scope and Contents The Lerner Marine Laboratory (LML) collection at the American Museum of Natural History contains documents, photographs, and clippings documenting the history of the lab from 1947-1977. Important elements of the collection include correspondence to and from key staff members; files on conferences, symposiums, meetings, and ceremonies; information about financial contributors; general paperwork; photographs of the lab, employees, and visitors; publicity documents and correspondence regarding...
Dates: 1947-1977; Majority of material found within 1948-1975
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Lerner Marine Laboratory papers

Malcolm Arth collection, 1939-1965

 Collection
Identifier: DR 051
Scope and content

Flyers, programs for Museum public programs and lectures, education publications. Children's thank-you notes and drawings.

Dates: 1939 - 1965
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Malcolm Arth collection, 1939-1965

Margaret Mead Film Festival clippings and brochures, 1977-1995.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 102A
Dates: 1977 - 1995
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Margaret Mead Film Festival clippings and brochures, 1977-1995.

Walter F. Meister papers

 Collection
Identifier: DR 124
Scope and Contents The collection consists of Meister's administrative papers from 1952 through 1967, including correspondence, budget reports from the various scientific departments, contracts for research projects, and records of bequests and grants. Most of the documents are typewritten, and many are photocopies or carbon copies. Among the topics covered are research grants made by the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund and the Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund; proposals for research at the Lerner Marine...
Dates: 1952-1967
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Walter F. Meister papers

Museum Memo,

 Collection
Identifier: DR 012
Dates: 1951-1960.
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Museum Memo,

Natural History Magazine papers, after 1950.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 095
Abstract

Material related to Natural History Magazine consisting of correspondence, publication budget reports, questionnaires, and television network relations. Also includes papers regarding the AMNH museum shop, Junior Natural History Magazine, and Photography Department.

Dates: 1950
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Natural History Magazine papers, after 1950.

Nikolaus S. Obraztsov correspondence, 1940-1970

 Collection
Identifier: DR 177
Abstract

Mostly correspondence, personal and general; much of the correspondence is in German and Russian.

Dates: Majority of material found within ( 1949-1965).
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Nikolaus S. Obraztsov correspondence, 1940-1970

Office of Public Affairs correspondence, 1985-1987

 Collection
Identifier: DR 035
Scope and content

Correspondence between the Department of Public Affairs and the Museum of the American Indian including informational materials about the Museum of the American Indian.

Dates: 1985 - 1987
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Office of Public Affairs correspondence, 1985-1987

Office of Public Affairs financial records and press clippings, 1974-1984.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 136
Abstract Contains financial records and public relations materials, mostly from the late 1970s. Financial records include requisitions, receipts, and statements for payroll, utilities, supplies, as well as printing and photography services for the museum. Public relations materials include press releases, mounted press clippings about exhibitions and events, including three folders on an exhibition about the creation of a replica dinosaur skeleton titled "The Making of a Dinosaur." Also, includes...
Dates: 1974 - 1984
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Office of Public Affairs financial records and press clippings, 1974-1984.
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